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UN agencies report sharp rise in displacement in Haiti; $900 million appeal for 2025
Summary
IOM and UN agencies reported more than one million internally displaced people in Haiti, half of them children, and said partners need $900 million in 2025 to reach 4 million people with assistance.
UN agencies warned on Tuesday that displacement in Haiti has worsened sharply over the past year and said partners will need substantial funding to respond in 2025.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, cited International Organization for Migration (IOM) figures indicating more than 1,000,000 internally displaced people in Haiti, about half of them children. He said displacement in the capital nearly doubled, rising 87% since December 2023, and that there are now some 108 overcrowded displacement sites in Port‑au‑Prince lacking adequate essentials.
Dujarric said partners reported that 200,000 Haitians were deported back to Haiti last year, and that floods in November–December 2024 affected more than 315,000 people across the country. He said World Food Programme assistance reached 1.7 million people across Haiti in 2024 and that IOM provided access to 18,000,000 liters of clean water to uprooted people and rehabilitated community pumps.
On needs, the spokesperson said the UN and partners will require roughly $900,000,000 in 2025 to support some 4,000,000 people.
Dujarric framed the situation as a deterioration since December 2023, when about 315,000 people were displaced, and said the increase reflects repeated displacements and expanding pressure on local communities and services in provincial host areas.
